Our Runners

At 38 Peter saw a picture of himself in the ocean and decided it was time to lose weight. His initial goal was to train for a marathon in remembrance of his brother who was a great runner but who tragically died at only 40. Pete’s initial forays into ‘running’ began with walking around the block, but about 18 months later he completed his first marathon at age 40 in Canberra.

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Starting out running in his late 20s as a way to lose weight and regain long lost fitness, Ben Swinfield has gone from run/walking the City2Surf onto running multiple marathons including the Sydney Marathon, Six Foot Track Marathon and the Ultra-Trail Australia 100km.

He is also our current Club Captain and has attained Level 2 Athletics NSW Recreational Run Leader accreditation and he leads out our monthly group training runs on the 4th (& 5th) Saturdays of each month at 7:30am.

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This is my story about my journey how I ended up got myself into running, what inspires me to run and why running becomes part of my life. I’ll further discuss how running becomes a life changing experience over the past many years of my life. That means going through life challenges, battling inner demon and finding purpose in life that defines me for who I am today.

Read more of Martin's story here...